ATS, IB, STF grill man for links with Pak operatives

July 09, 2023 23:03

The Anti Terrorism Squad, Maharashtra, Intelligence Bureau, and the Special Task Force of Odisha police on Sunday grilled Abhijeet Sanjay Jambure, arrested for his alleged involvement in sharing of OTP with Pakistani intelligence operatives, an officer said.

The Odisha STF had arrested Abhijeet from Pune on June 29 and brought him to Bhubaneswar on transit remand after getting evidence against him on link with PIOs, the officer said.

Abhijeet, a graduate in Statistics from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University, Gujarat, was working in a private software company in Pune.

"Senior officers of the ATS, IB and STF grilled Abhijeet on Sunday to confirm his link with PIOs. Abhijit was in link with a Pakistani agent since 2020 and he was sending money to another arrested accused including Pathanisamanta Lenka of Odisha. ATS is likely to take the accused on transit remand. We will seek NIA help if needed," STF SP KK Panigrahi said.

Panigrahi said six persons were arrested in this connection and more arrests could be made.

The STF has taken Abhijeet on a four-day remand from Saturday.

The grilling of Abhijeet is significant as he is suspected to have links with Pakistani intelligence/Pakistani army intelligence officials, he said.

The STF official said that Abhijeet met one Danish alias Syed Danish Ali Naqvi of Khanki, Faislabad, Pakistan through Facebook Messenger, who identified himself as Freelancer at 'Chegg' in 2018. -- PTI

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